THE SLAB	ATLAS
Created by Ron Marz and Darryl Banks

LOCALE INFORMATION

Name: The Slab
Also known as: Slabside Penitentiary, Slabside Island Maximum Security Prison
Status: Active
Location: Originally off the coast of New Jersey; relocated to Antarctica
DCU Creator(s): U.S. Government
Warden: Shilo Norman
Former Warden(s): Dunahy; Zimmer
Inmate(s): Airstryke; Apeface; Black Mass; Captain Nazi; Chiller; Doctor Polaris; Doctor Sivana; Effigy; Floro; Frag II; Hector Hammond; Hellgrammite; Joe Gardner; Joker; Mammoth; Mister Mind; Multi-Man; Psimon; Rancor; Alter; Dervish; Doctor Light III; Houngan; Killrock; Shrapnel; Sonar II; Spellbinder III; Carnivora; Mister 104; Neutron; Orca; Slig; Killer Frost II; Bolt; Charaxes; Chiller; Fleeter; King of Spades; King Shark; Mongul; Punch; Sudden Death; Sledge; Plasmus; Major Disaster; Undertow; Typhoon; Shakedown
First Appearance: Green Lantern Vol. 3 #51 (May 1994): "Changing the Guard"
(relocated to Antarctica): Joker: Last Laugh #6 (January 2002): "You Only Laugh Twice"
Creators: Ron Marz and Darryl Banks

HISTORY

The Slabside Island Maximum Security Prison is the Alcatraz of super-villains. About 80% of America's meta-human criminal society is imprisoned here. The facility is vastly bigger and stronger than its "rivals": Belle Reve, Stryker's Island, Iron Heights, Blackgate Prison, or Arkham Asylum, and usually contains thousands of super-powered inmates, constrained by special collars as part of a highly advanced security system. A specialized section called the Aqua-Block houses aquatic villains such as Slig or Orca.

The former warden, a man named Zimmer, was killed during the Joker's "Joker: Last Laugh" riot, and replaced by former Security Chief Shilo Norman. Other events around this time resulted in the Slab being relocated to Antarctica, making escape that much more difficult for the inmates.

PROFILE REFERENCES

DCU Villains Secret Files #1 (April 1999)